Combat de chevaliers dans la campagne, c. 1824
by Eugène Delacroix, French (1798-1863)
Louvre Museum
The Nuremberg Chronicles: The Genealogy of Charlemagne.
(Source: transylvanianmisanthropy, via romancatholica)
Cuatro Vistas de Ávila
Top: plaque to Santa Teresa, founder of the Discalced Carmelites, Doctor of the Church, mystic, and overall a woman of stunning brilliance.
Bottom left: medieval walls that surround Avila
Bottom center: San Jose de Avila, Santa Teresa’s first foundation, a place of incredible holy serenity and contemplation
Bottom right: lovely architecture surrounding Avila’s Plaza Mayor.
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Anne of Austria, wife of Philip II of Spain.
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John Singer Sargent. The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant. 1899.
Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY. USA.
